Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
A young girl is murdered in a ski resort somewhere in France. The killer seems to be a lady dressed in black with a veil on her face. The story moves to Venice where one year later a daughter of a sculptor gets killed by the same lady. After the initial shock the parents start to investigate the murder and soon the killer strikes again. This is quite a typical giallo with very little surprises despite the guessing game of who the killer is. George Lazenby, most known for his role as James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), plays the sculptor father and does a solid job at it. There's actually another familiar face from the Bond franchise in it as well, Adolfo Celi, but he didn't really shine out in any way. Anita Strindberg is always great and the rest of the cast isn't bad at all either, so nothing to complain on that department. The music by Ennio Morricone is quite great, but it's used way too repetitively which is a shame as it works brilliant before it starts to annoy you. I have to give a special mention to the cinematography as this movie looks absolutely gorgeous. Franco Di Giacomo has captured the mood quite brilliantly on film. So there are many things right in this one, but unfortunately in addition to the thin story, the pacing is a bit off. The movie gets quite boring at times and even the beautiful cinematograpy with good music can't save it at those points. None the less this was well worth watching, but not too keen on watching it again any time soon.
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